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it seems to me one of our very great problems and probably the most pressing is getting more participation of people in the affairs of, of local government. Too many people feel City hall and local government, our remote and unresponsive. I think we've got to return some

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actual decision making authority to neighborhoods and communities of the city give people a really a much greater say in the decisions that affect their lives. For example, the people in the neighborhoods ought to decide the recreation policy at the recreation centers of SAn Francisco. People ought

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to have a much greater say in educational policy. At the same time we've got to make people in government more responsive. I'm requesting the board of supervisors to set up a department of Consumer Affairs to protect people in SAn Francisco against consumer frauds with a hotline

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into City hall where anyone can call in and complain about being short changed or given short measure or overcharged on his rent. Get an immediate investigation of that and adjudication of it. My contention is, and I strongly advocate that we must try and encourage

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heavy and light industry to remain in san Francisco that we could have more jobs available for people at this present time. We have a lot of our industries that have moved out of SAN Francisco and if we can get those people to come back or encourage

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other industries to sort of develop here in SAN Francisco uh and get our people employed, especially the young people of the city. I think that this would automatically reduce our crime. I also advocate that we should at least try and do something for the renters. The

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people of this city are paying too much rent. In fact, they are working to pay the rent, half their money goes in rent, and the other half they have to live on, Which seems, which seems to me that they are living a miserable life. Now, if

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we can give some some sort of assistance to these people, such as let us have rent control.